A phantom door appeared out of thin air on the path between the Black Forest and Fairy Tale Town. The doors opened, and several figures walked out.
First came Yu Sheng, Luna, and Eileen, who had made a brief "transfer" through the real world, followed by Yun Qingzi, who had come directly from the Soul Wilderness to the valley in spirit form.
Yun Qingzi's figure flickered several times after entering the valley. It first became hazy, then quickly solidified, and in the blink of an eye, there was no longer any sign that he was a "spirit."
Eileen was utterly astonished. She even pulled out a strand of black spider silk, intending to poke the old man and see if he was real. (Of course, Yu Sheng stopped this rude act.) "Hey, old man, your body looks like it's solid!"
"By gathering the qi of Heaven and Earth, I can manifest a temporary body. Though it can't compare to my original body, it'll do in a pinch when the physical body has been destroyed. It's merely a minor trick." Yun Qingzi chuckled. "Cultivators who have reached the stage of leaving the body in spirit form have more or less studied such techniques. They're also derived from the same source as the art of external incarnations."
Eileen listened in a daze. After making full use of her powers of comprehension, she suddenly blurted out, "It's made by compressing air? Will it explode if I poke it?"
The cheerful look on Yun Qingzi's face instantly froze. "Er, gathering the qi of Heaven and Earth doesn't mean that. It has nothing to do with compressed air..."
Eileen nodded repeatedly. "Oh, oh."
She clearly hadn't understood a thing.
Yu Sheng looked at Yun Qingzi curiously. "Can you still recreate a normal physical body later?"